The Harris campaign says it has raised $540 million since launching Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign reported raising $40 million in the days since the Democratic National Convention — bringing the campaign’s total fundraising amount to $540 million. Read more on NPR

12 misleading or lacking-in-context claims from Harris’ DNC speech They range from characterizations of former President Trump’s stances on abortion rights and Social Security to her plans to address housing and grocery prices. Read more on NPR

Republicans’ false claims of illegal voting for Democrats are hurting some citizens False and unproven claims have been circulating for months about noncitizens voting in the next election. Now the rhetoric is having consequences. Read more on NPR

Israel attacks southern Lebanon, Hezbollah returns fire as ceasefire talks go on Israel struck targets in southern Lebanon in what they say was a pre-emptive strike. Hezbollah returned fire. The increase in cross-border exchanges happens just as ceasefire talks resume. Read more on NPR

As Israel blocks most medical evacuations in Gaza, a family tries to save their baby One family in Gaza struggles to save their severely ill baby daughter amidst evacuation orders by Israel’s military. Read more on NPR

Google will pay California’s local news outlets $110 million. Some say it’s not enough Google reaches a deal to fund local journalism in California. The state was working on legislation to force the tech giant to pay a portion of advertising profits to its struggling news industry. Read more on NPR

Politics chat: Is Democratic enthusiasm at 2008 levels? And, JD Vance struggles Democratic enthusiasm is high out of the DNC, but how does it really compare to 2008? Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. endorses the Trump campaign as Trump’s running mate seems to struggle. Read more on NPR